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Ryan_V

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had a great afternoon with a buddy yesterday. we went to a piece of state land, corn still in around it. hunted a couple hours, got our 4 roosters! Had an absolute blast. dog did an awesome job, 4 beautiful points. shots right on. a few hens flushed as well. have not been out without seeing multiple birds this year. I tried, but I can't post a picture from my phone. not very often you'll see 4 roosters on the tailgate of my truck! low bird numbers? I don't think so! I'll take these numbers any time! now if I could get my daughter her first rooster, I would be ecstatic! She missed her first bird this weekend, got the whole thing on video, still pretty cool, she was excited! I told her it will happen, we just have to keep at it! and keep at it we will!

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Way to go Ryan sounds like a great hunt! I have to admit the bird numbers have surprised me also this yr. With the bad reports I was a little skeptical but once I Hit the field I was impressed with what I encountered! Once the crops come out I know things will get better. Hey Ryan shoot me a PM was wondering if you maybe wanted to do a little bird hunting together sometime? We aren't that far apart and we both seem like diehards, and more than likely hunt some of the same ground. Not running the GSP's anymore back to labs in fact I believe we had littermates at one time? Well if your interested in ever teaming up let me know always looking to find new hunting buddies that have the same desire. Gd luck on your future hunts

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Icehawk... always open to hunting with new company, I'll shoot you a pm. tried again to post a picture, but won't work from my phone!

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My gsp and I hunted hard this afternoon. Only hit two wpa's but we took are time going through them. 7 hens and 4 roosters. Only got one shot off as they were very spooky. Even the hens got up quite a ways in front of us. Nice to see the birds though. We hunted south of hutchinson.

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I managed to leave work early yesterday. Walked some private ground flushed 19 birds not all in range but managed to get two. been seeing good numbers so far. Should get better when the corn comes out.

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Pleasantly surprised today, saw 7 roosters and 5 hens with two of us hunting. We got 3. My puppy was a little crazy although he had a few nice points, a bit rough in the dry wind but it was a fun day.

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Hunted this morning gd day total of 15 birds flushed 2 roosters for three guys and one dog. Birds bagged 0 frown My dog flushed them by the wrong guys today bang bang miss! Hopefully tomorrow they get up by me! Then again everyone can miss maybe it wil be my turn Lol!

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picked up another one tonite. dog had a mind of her own for a while, but once I got her straight, we had a good point, flush and shot!

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